In BeyondPodcasting episode 2, Allan Tépper does a bird’s eye view of microphone categories: technologies, patterns and connection types. Among the technologies covered are ribbon, electret condenser and dynamic. Among the patterns are omnidirectional and several types of directional mics: cardioid, supercardioid, hypercardioid and shotgun. Among the connection types covered are analog (balanced and unbalanced), digital (Lightning and USB). This is background information on upcoming reviews on microphones, mixers and interfaces (preamps and A-to-D converters).This episode is brought to us in part by Descript, the transcription-text-audio-caption/subtitle editor that auto-transcribes audio via voice-to-text, lets us manually correct/edit the text and have the audio reflect the corresponding changes instantly. BeyondPodcasting listeners can get 100 minutes of free auto-transcription for a limited time by visiting descript.BeyondPodcasting.com. Allan is again joined by his guest, the Emmy award winning actor and voiceover talent Memo Sauceda. BeyondPodcasting is located at BeyondPodcasting.com